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The World’s First Working iPhone Costume
Reko Rivera and John Savio have created the world’s first “working” iPhone costume. This all started two years ago Reko Rivera and Bobby Hartman created…
2nd Annual Severed Head Contest
photo via Red Union Hair Salon Red Union Hair Salon is hosting the 2nd Annual Severed Head Contest, where San Francisco hair salons compete against…
Halloween Night Show & Benefit for Ace Auto’s Bill the Junkman @ CELLspace
photo by Scott Beale Saturday, October 31st more than a dozen bands, performers and DJs will sing swan songs to everybody’s favorite junkyard in San…
D&D Game on Market Street in San Francisco
photos by Jonathan Moore Over the weekend Jonathan Moore shot some photos of a Dungeons & Dragons game organized by King of RPGs that was…
Wonderful Film Footage of San Francisco in 1958
Jeff Altman, a film colorist at Chicago post production house, inherited a bunch of 16mm Kodachrome film that was shot by his grandparents in the…
Yahoo is Shutting Down GeoCities Today, xkcd Pays Tribute, As Archive Team Tries To Download It
Yahoo! is pulling the plug on GeoCities today with very little explaination why. We have enjoyed hosting web sites created by Yahoo! users all over…
Spots Unknown, Under The Skin of San Francisco
photo via Spots Unknown Our friend Jeff Diehl, who’s worked on The RU Sirius Show, 10 Zen Monkeys and GettingIt.com, recently launched Spots Unknown, a…
San Francisco Art in Storefronts Central Market
Alexis Amann & Jonathan Burstein “Don’t Give Up The Ship” San Francisco Arts Commission’s Community Arts & Education Program (CAE) worked with local businesses in…
How To Shoot an Anvil 200 Feet Into The Air
St. Louis’ Riverfront Times has a special report on World Champion Anvil Shooter Gay Wilkinson shows us how to shoot an anvil 200 feet into…
Burger King’s 1 3/4 lb Windows 7 Whopper
A good friend living in Japan recently asked the twitterverse whether American Burger Kings would be selling the Windows 7 Whopper in America. In 140…